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The Daily 202's Big Idea

Several Capitol police officers suspended, as FBI warns of new threats

The Daily 202's Big Idea

The Washington Post

Politics, News, Daily News

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Plus, new details emerge about President Trump's initial refusal to act after the mob stormed the Capitol, and Joe Biden scrambles to prevent a second Trump impeachment trial from hampering his first 100 days.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Good morning. I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily

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202 for Tuesday, January 21. In today's news, new details emerge about President Trump's refusal to act when the mob stormed the

0:15.7

capital.

0:16.7

Joe Biden scrambles to prevent a second Trump impeachment from hampering his first

0:21.5

hundred days.

0:23.0

And two House Democrats who tested positive for COVID

0:26.5

blamed their Republican colleagues for refusing to wear masks

0:30.3

when they were hiding out together in a safe room.

0:33.0

But first, the big idea.

0:37.0

Several capital police officers have been suspended

0:41.0

and more than it doesn't remain under active investigation. have been

0:45.0

launched into suspended and more than a dozen remain under active investigation. Eight separate inquiries have been launched into the actions of capital officers last Wednesday.

0:50.0

In one of the cases, officers had posted what Capitol Police investigators found to be messages showing support for the rally, preceding the attack on the complex, including one post touting, Trump's baseless contention that the election had been stolen.

1:07.0

Investigators, in another instance, have found a capital officer posted inappropriate images of

1:12.0

Joe Biden on his social media account.

1:15.0

Yesterday, Congressman Tim Ryan, the Ohio Democrat who chairs the committee that controls the

1:19.1

Capitol Police budget, told reporters that one of those suspended officers was captured in images of the

1:25.6

riot that went viral online. That photo appears to show the officer posing for a selfie

1:32.2

with a member of the insurrection.

1:34.0

The other officer suspended was seen outside of the Capitol wearing a red MAGA hat.

1:40.0

Last night, Chad Wolf resigned as the acting secretary of Homeland Security.

1:45.0

Wolf, who was overseas in the Middle East last week during the siege, attributed his decision to, quote, recent events,

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